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But that’s too many. So we add: the sum of digits of ( N + rev(N) ) must equal the number of divisors of ( N ). Then only 12 (sum 6, divisors: 1,2,3,4,6,12 → 6 divisors) works. So is the first Badulla Badu Number.

We need ( N = S^L ), where ( L = \lfloor \log_b N \rfloor + 1 ), and ( S ) is digit sum. Badulla Badu Numbers--------

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( L = 3 ): ( N = S^3 ), three digits. Try ( S=8 ) → 512 sum=8 → works. ( S=9 ) → 729 sum=18 no; ( S=7 ) → 343 sum=10 no. So 512 works.